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Ep. 87: OK, so Now They're Serious - and more Jul 07, 2016

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Beauty and fashion photographer Patrick D. Simmons opens the show. Thanks Patrick!

National Geographic gets serious (again) about altered photography. (#)

More rumors of the upcoming Canon 5D Mark IV. (#)

Eyefi bricks its older cards upsetting its customers. (#)

Meyer-Optik releases another manual focus lens. (#)

A smartphone company gets caught promoting the camera in its phone with images shot with a DSLR. (#)

DJI expands its geofencing software to help keep people from doing stupid things. (#)

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Ep. 86: No One Cares About Your Photography...and How You Can Change That - and more Jul 03, 2016

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Portrait and fashion photographer Jeff Rojas opens the show. Thanks Jeff!

Ted Forbes of "The Art of Photography" talks about how no one cares about our photography and the importance of creating work "that makes a difference". (#)

DxOMark rates the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN Contemporary tops for Sony E-mount APS-C bodies. (#)

Rumors of a Fujifilm mirrorless medium format (MMF) system on the heels of Hasselblad's X1D sparks questions of where this market and the camera business is going. (#)

Hasselblad's CEO sets the record straight about their plans for zoom lenses in their new mirrorless medium format system. (#)

SanDisk announces the world's fastest 256GB microSD card. (#)

DxOMark gives the Canon EOS 1D X Mark II its highest rating among all Canon bodies. (#)

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Ep. 85: Brexit's Impact on an Already Shaky Camera Industry - and more Jun 30, 2016

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AP photo editor and photojournalist Richard Vogel opens the show. Thanks Richard!

How the UK's exit from the European Union may affect a photo industry that was already struggling. (#)

If you have a Sony body and a Metabones Smart Adapter Mark IV, you might not be super happy with its performance despite a new firmware update. (#)

If you're eyeing the new mirrorless medium format Hasselblad X1D and want zooms...no zooms for you! (#)

If you have a Canon EOS 1D X Mark II and SanDisk's Extreme Pro CFast 2.0 cards, you need to know about possible image corruption problems. (#)

Legendary photographer Bill Cunningham dies at age 87. (#)

A drone goes haywire and hits a woman in the head, injuring her. (#)

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Ep. 84: These Things Happen When You Don't Properly Secure Your Gear - and more Jun 26, 2016

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Photoshelter founder Allen Murabayashi opens the show. Thanks Allen!

$20,000 in a photographer's camera gear tumbles out of an improperly-secured Pelican case at an airport on the way to shoot a wedding. And some advice on keeping this from happening. (#)

Conflicting rumors about when new Canon bodies will be out and whether or not a new EOS DSLR body is on the way. (#)

Phase One updates Lightroom alternative Capture One Pro 9.2 with some new workflow enhancements. (#)

Sigma seems to be playing to win by aggressively pricing the mirrorless sd Quattro an announcing a lens bundle which saves hundreds. (#)

Instagram reaches yet another milestone and becomes and even more valuable tool to photographers who want to show off their images an increase their business. (#)

A new device adds additional functionality to Nikon cameras (with other brands compatibility coming) in a tiny package. (#)

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Ep. 83: Cool New Photoshop CC Features…and Adobe Gets Freaky Deaky Promoting Them - and more Jun 23, 2016

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Portrait photographer Neil Kremer opens the show. Thanks Neil!

Adobe releases cool new features in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.15, but promotes them in a really bizarre way. (#)

Hasselblad wows with the X1D, a mirrorless medium format camera with a more reasonable, yet still high price tag. (#)

Western Digital's My Passport Wireless Pro seeks to help you back up your data by cutting the cord. (#)

Eyefi sells it's Cloud service to camera and electronics maker Ricoh. (#)

Noted photographer Fan Ho dies at age 84. (#)

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Ep. 82: Hasselblad Set to Make a Bold Move - and more Jun 19, 2016

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Photographer RC Concepcion of FotoPromos opens the show. Thanks RC!

Hasselblad to announce something big on June 22 and the leading rumor is that it'll be a mirrorless medium format body. (#)

Former KelbyOne RC Concepcion and Mia McCormick announce a new education component to Foto Promos. (#)

A sleeper Soviet-era lens is a big, heavy beast, but tack sharp if you get a good copy. (#)

A German man takes Nikon to task over the D500. (#)

Avast releases a solution for all those photos taking up valuable space on iOS devices with a pretty solid solution. (#)

Listener Luis in Mexico City, Mexico wants to know if kit lenses are as bad as "photographers" in the forums make them out to be despite his great success with them.

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

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Ep. 81: Should Some Shoots Be Off-Limits for Children? - and more Jun 16, 2016

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Listener and photographer Timothee Engel from Shanghai China opens the show. Thanks Timothee!

A photography sparks outrage as she does a shoot emulating AMC's "The Walking Dead" tv show. How far is "too far"? (#)

The Kerlee 35mm f/1.2 is announced from DZoptics with claims of being the fastest 35mm lens. (#)

PPA pushes for a small claims court of sorts for photographers whose copyright is infringed on. (#)

Apple unveils iOS 10 at WWDC 2016 and RAW photo editing is among the features coming to the OS. (#)

Storehouse shutters and now is the time to download your photo stories. (#)

A psychological study shows that more people enjoy events when photographing them more than if they didn't. (#)

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Ep. 80: A New Camera and Rumors of More on the Way - and more Jun 12, 2016

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Here's episode 80 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us.

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Wedding and portrait photographer Manuel Ortiz opens the show. Thanks Manuel!

Pentax announces the K-70, a camera packed with features at a very reasonable price. (#)

Adobe adds Guided Upright to work some computational magic on your images to keep lines horizontal and vertical...and maybe there's a bit of a speed boost...maybe. (#)

Canon may soon be updating it's 24-105mm f/4L lens when the 5D Mark IV is released. (#)

A 9-year-old wedding photographer shows up dad and is a lot better that photographers many years her senior. (#)

Conflicting reports on a possible upcoming mirrorless system out of Canon and speculation on whether or not it will be based on Canon's current EF mount. (#)

The Singaporean caught on camera filling fish with air bladders and Styrofoam is charged and faces fines that'd other have bought him a nice camera. (#)

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Ep. 79: Canon Goes Big! - and more Jun 09, 2016

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Here's episode 79 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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Photographer and Lensbaby founder Craig Strong open the show. Thanks Craig!

Canon super sizes by patenting a 1000mm lens. (#)

Calumet Photographic and Bowens Lighting are acquired with plans for expansion. (#)

The British Journal of Photography raises a ton of cash to keep things going strong and serve its digital audience. (#)

A top photojournalist and his interpreter are killed in Afghanistan. (#)

Sony Artisan of Imagery and host of "The Photo Show" live on Facebook, Brian Matiash, features the PetaPixel Photography Podcast calling it "One of the best photography podcasts I've ever heard." (@ 19m26s)

Yet more in developments in the Steve McCurry saga as photos are alleged to have been staged. (#)

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

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Ep. 78: This Is Definitely How You DO NOT Photograph Wildlife - and more Jun 05, 2016

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Here's episode 78 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and subscribe via iTunes or RSS!

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In This Episode

If you subscribe to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast in iTunes, please take a moment to rate and review us and help us move up in the rankings so others interested in photography may find us.

Sponsor: FreshBooks. Get your FREE 30 day trial at FreshBooks.com/PetaPixel and enter PetaPixel in the "How Did You Hear About Us?" section.

Photographer William Barrington-Binns opens the show. Thanks William!

A woman in Yellowstone National Park shows how NOT to photograph wildlife. (#)

A new program uses artificial intelligence to help you more quickly cull your photos and get on with post-production. (#)

Canon's flagship EOS-1D X Mark II doesn't play well with certain Sigma lenses...currently. (#)

A famed hockey photographer's lens drops to the ice during the NHL Stanley Cup Finals and is mistaken for a puck. (#)

Instagram's feed goes algorithmic, cool features useful to photographers are coming and why this is all good. (#)

A woman snags a downed drone, lies to police saying it nearly killed her and the drone owner handles it with class. (#)

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Thank you for listening to the PetaPixel Photography Podcast! Connect with me, Sharky James on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (all @LensShark) as we build this community.

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